Wednesday, June 08, 2011

This Day in History: June 8

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, June 8, 1779. : Whereas it appears that an agreement was made between the four New-England states ... to keep up a certain number of men in the state of Rhode-Island, so long as the enemy kept in force there ... resolved, that eight hundred men, non-commissioned officers included, in addition to those ordered to be raised to be under the command of Colonel Jacobs, be raised to serve ... in the following manner ... [More]

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